Guide for blow-irons.



N. W. HARTMAN J. P. GGGIN'. GUIDE POR BLOW IRNS. APPLIUA'HUN FILED GOTA, 1909.

Patented June'Z, 1914.

g. Lassie@ tion on the iron durin' the hloivino1 o; z i n i the outward thrust of the balls and yielding ineens for pressing at least one of the ,balls to its outermost position.l

guide for blow irons comprising a fork Withinwurdly sloping sides converging n n pocket of greater diameter than the blow irons with Which it is to be used, Said since the blow iron may he moved quickly into and outof the guide without any care 1 on the part -o the operator and {vet he held i securelyT in place Without imposing any frio lion. The fork further may; he adjusted to 1 :my desired position over the mold platform, in order to accommodate itself to the diii'erent sizes of molds placed thereon, by means untiei'riction halls arranged in sockets havot' slots D in the web of the fork. one of inn` retaining means for limiting the out which is in the form of an are struck from wurd thrust of the balls, at least one of said :1 center Within the other slot. Bjr this l balls beingl arranged at the bottom of said means the forli may he positioned upon a pocket, :1nd at least two ofsaid hails being sustaining plat-e through the medium of l arranged.oppositeeachother at the mouth of bolts extendiiigr throurrh seid plate 'and through the slots and adusted so to properly :ieconnnodate the blow iron to the differentsizes of moldY 'used v Having described our invention, we claim.: 1. A guide for blow irons comprising it fork having an internal dimensionA greater than the gage of lthe blow iron to be used messes. in connection therewith, an anti-i'rietion de- NGBLE lV, HRTMAN. vice mounted in the Crotch oi said fork and l" JAMES l. GOGGN. anti-friction' balls positioned in the path of Witnessesz the blow iron 'at the mouth of the fork, in E. B. GiLcHnisT, k,tickets having retaining-ineens for limiting 1 H. R. SULLIVAN,

being; yieldingly pressed to its outermost position so that when the lblow iron is thrust sidewise into the fork it will' be yieldingly retained in position by them.

ln testimony whereof, we hereunto aix our signatures in the'presence of tivo Witpocket being prm'ided with @plurality of the pocket, at least one of the said tivo halls 

